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Reservoir

Breaking the Chain of Infection and Preventing Cross-Contamination

A plethora of studies in the medical literature has demonstrated that nearly everything in the healthcare setting – from surfaces, to healthcare workers’ hands, to medical equipment and everything in between — can serve as a reservoir and a vector for ...More
April 29, 2009
Posted in Articles, Environmental Hygiene, Hand Hygiene, PPE & Standard Precautions
Disposable Products Enhance Infection Prevention Efforts

Disposable products can facilitate and enhance infection prevention and control efforts in the healthcare setting and reduce the opportunity for cross-contamination. “Intelligent and informed use of disposable personal protective equipment (PPE) is a critical ...More
April 29, 2009
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization, PPE & Standard Precautions
Medical Fabrics: A Reservoir of Pathogenic Bacterium?

Studies tell us that nearly everything in the hospital environment can become a reservoir for pathogenic organisms. Fomites that can carry these pathogens include everything from computer keyboards, pens and phones, to identity badges and lanyards, stethoscopes, PDAs and ...More
December 31, 2008
Posted in Articles
Persistence of Nosocomial Pathogens Requires Proper Environmental Cleaning

The jury is still out in terms of industry agreement on the degree to which the healthcare environment serves as a reservoir for a variety of infectious microorganisms. In its 2003 guidelines addressing environmental infection control in healthcare facilities, the ...More
November 27, 2007
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization, Environmental Hygiene, PPE & Standard Precautions
Gut Tissue is Major Reservoir Harboring AIDS

UCLA researchers have found the human gut to be a major reservoir harboring the HIV virus — holding almost twice as much as a person’s blood. In addition, the virus stored in the gut does not decay or reduce over time, as is also the case with blood-related reservoirs. It ...More
August 28, 2006
Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
Researchers Identify a Way for the Body's "Killer Cells" to Destroy Hiding HIV Virus

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a way to manipulate the body's own natural killer cells to destroy cells containing the HIV virus. Current treatments for HIV block the virus from replicating, but don't kill the cells that contain HIV. The ...More
May 17, 2004
Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions